CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ​

BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD ​

The central nervous system is made up of your spinal cord and your brain. It also transports messages from the brain to the rest of the body. ​

Spinal cord​

Your spinal cord is a network of nerve cells connected to one another from the brain to the lower back. It is between 43 and 45 cm long and is covered by the bone tissue called the backbone. ​

Multiple Choice

The nervous system is made up of the central nervous system and the _________________________.

• Brain

• Spinal cord

• Peripheral nervous system

• Sympathetic nervous system

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​Your brain is the director of your body because it controls everything you do, even when you are asleep. The brain sends and receives information through neurons. It is divided into three parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem.

Brain​

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1- sight

2- touch

3-hearing

4-smelling-taste

5-intelligence, speech, learning,personality, and memory. ​

​Receives and process information about...

​BIGGEST AND HEAVIER PART OF YOUR BRAIN

CEREBRUM

BRAIN STEM

​THE BRAIN´S PERSONAL ASSISTANT

​Controls heart beating and lungs´ breathing without you having to tell them so. Without your brain stem, you could not survive.

cerebellum

Controls and coordinates the movements of your muscles to give you balance. Thanks to your cerebellum you can stand straight, walk, dnace and play sports. ​

Multiple Choice

Playing videogames is an action controlled by __________.

• the brain stem

• the cerebrum

• the cerebellum

Multiple Choice

Heart beating is controlled by ________________.

• the brain stem

• the cerebellum

• the cerebrum

Multiple Choice

Playing sports is controlled by______________.

• the cerebrum

• the brain stem

• the cerebellum

Multiple Choice

Doing homework and studying for a test are actions directed by our _________________.

• brain stem

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

Multiple Choice

Detecting the flavour of a cake is an action directed by _______________.

• our brain stem

• our cerebrum

• our cerebellum

Multiple Choice

Breathing rate is controlled by______________.

• the brain stem

• the cerebrum

• the cerebellum

Multiple Choice

Your personality is controlled by the ______________.

• cerebellum

• brain stem

• cerebrum

Multiple Choice

The spinal cord connects the brain to the rest of the nervous system.

• True

• False